Plate tectonics From Hypothesis to Theory(4) His theory was widely rejected because: Ocean floor was too strong to be plowed aside Wegener had not proposed a plausible force that could induce the continents to drift ■ Attempts to test Wegener’ s hypothesis with observations had mixed successPlate Tectonics: From Hypothesis to Theory (4) ◼ His theory was widely rejected because: ◼ Ocean floor was too strong to be plowed aside. ◼ Wegener had not proposed a plausible force that could induce the continents to drift. ◼ Attempts to test Wegener’s hypothesis with observations had mixed success